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When you care more about the consequences than the person creating them

I have been covering for my husband's drinking problem at family gatherings for five years making excuses when he gets too drunk and I realized last night that I am more worried about what people think than he is.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You have become the keeper of a reputation that belongs to someone who has already abandoned it.

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